Cold War Radio #77

SHOW NOTES:
Obama military downsizing leaves U.S. too weak to counter global threats, panel finds, Recording reveals that Bill Clinton said on Sept. 10, 2001 he could have killed bin Laden but ‘didn’t’, Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds collective bargaining law in win for Republican Gov. Walker,CIA director apologizes to lawmakers as probe finds officers read Senate emails, Not just Argentina: 11 countries near bankruptcy, CNN Anchor Calls Fox News Editors ‘F*cksticks’,Kremlin Mocks Obama in Tweet…,Oregon district halts condom giveaway to 6th graders amid community uproar…EXCLUSIVE: ‘A lot of people die out here’ and ‘all this blood…is on Obama’s hands’: Shocking images show corpses of illegal immigrants left to die after border crossingsIsraeli soldier ‘feared’ captured as Gaza cease-fire unravelsIslamic State Creates a Literal River of Human Blood – Butchers 1500 Innocent PeopleChina confirms new generation long range missiles: reportToday in Cold War History for August 1
1948 – The U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations is founded.
1950 – Guam Organic Act by establishes Guam as US territory
1957 – The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
1960 – Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
1960 – Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
1961 – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation’s first centralized military espionage organization.
1964 – The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1966 – Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
1974 – Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the “Green Line”, dividing Cyprus into two zones.
1975 – 38 government leaders signs Helsinki accord
1980 – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world’s first democratically elected female head of state.
1988 – Rush Limbaugh begins his national radio show.
1990 – Soyuz TM-10 launchesRussia And Germany Allegedly Working On Secret “Gas For Land” Deal

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